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Bay City Roller rocks big names in Coronation Cup
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Sat 6 Jun 2026
Bay City Roller upset the big guns in an attritional Coolmore Coronation Cup at Epsom.
A quality field of six runners went to post for the Group One contest, with Calandagan, the world’s highest-rated turf horse from 2025, last year’s narrow winner Jan Brueghel and the latter’s dual Derby-winning stablemate Lambourn the top three in the betting.
With Ballydoyle pacemaker Illinois reluctant in front, Lambourn was sent on by Wayne Lordan rounding Tattenham Corner, with George Scott’s Bay City Roller (17-2) his nearest pursuer in the hands of Oisin Murphy.
While Lambourn stuck to the far rail, Murphy positioned his mount down the centre of the track in the straight and it proved a masterstroke as he quickened up on ground he relished to pull 10 lengths clear of the chasing pack.
Jan Brueghel was never travelling at any stage but got rolling late to beat Lambourn to the runner-up spot, with Calandagan also struggling in the rain-softened conditions, leading to him finishing a distant fourth.
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